TTD Chairman inspects CRO, Q complex
TIRUMALA: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Trust Board chairman Kanumuri Bapiraju, along with joint executive officer KS Srinivasa Raju, inspected the facilities available to pilgrims at the Central Reception Office (CRO) here on Sunday.
He also inspected the queue lines and interacted with devotees waiting for their turn for darshan of the Lord.
Speaking to mediapersons, Bapiraju said the TTD was always keen on creating amenities to pilgrims from within and outside the country.
“We have focused now on renovating the existing cottages and work on two blocks has been taken up in the first phase which is likely to be completed by March next.
We are also in talks with L&T, Nagarjuna Constructions to renovate six other blocks on ‘no profit, no loss’ basis.
We will hold a meeting with them after the annual Brahmotsavams.’’ With pilgrims having to wait in queuelines even to get accommodation during peak times, the chairman directed officials to offer them milk, coffee, buttermilk or tea as per their choice.
“The TTD officials and staff are doing a commendable job.
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Crown offered by Reddy will not be returned: TTD
TIRUPATI: The diamond studded gold crown worth Rs 45 crore offered by former Karnataka Minister and mining baron Janardhana Reddy to the hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala two years ago would not be returned to him, the temple trust said today.
The position of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, which manages the shrine, was stated today by its Executive Officer L V Subrahmanyam in the wake of appeals by some political parties and devotees to return the crown as they felt it was offered by a ‘tainted’ former Minister.
Reddy, who donated the 2.5 foot long 30 kg crown on June 11 2009, is now in jail in Hyderabad after the CBI arrested him on Monday in an illegal mining case in Andhra Pradesh.
Subrahmanyam told PTI that devotees’ offerings would not be returned “under any circumstance”. The same is applicable to the offering by Reddy also, he said.
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SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY : TIRUPATI
No. C.I (3)/Acad.Sch./2011-12 Date: 04-08-2011
From
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S.V. University
Tirupati.
To
The Correspondents/Principals of all Affiliated Degree Colleges including
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Tirupati temple deposits 1,175 kg gold with SBI
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Feb 11 (IANS) India’s richest Hindu temple here Friday deposited 1,175 kg gold with the State Bank of India (SBI) to convert the ‘dead assets’ into income earning sources.
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), which manages the temple’s affairs, had last year deposited 1,075 kg gold with the SBI.
TTD officials said the move would not only convert the ‘idle gold’ into a perennial source of income but would also provide security to its assets.
The TTD Specified Authority Chairman J. Satyanarayana handed over the gold deposits to SBI Hyderabad Circle General Manager T.S. Krishna Swamy.
The bank official said TTD was the highest depositor of gold among religious institutions in the country.
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Tirupati darshan, courtesy IRCTC
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Pilgrims to Tirupati from the district now have a reason to smile. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a subsidiary of the Indian Railways, has announced a special tour package by train to the pilgrimage town from Thiruvananthapuram. The monthly tour, as part of diversifying its tourism portfolio, is IRCTC’s first such programme for pilgrims from the capital.
The package, according to IRCTC officials, will have a duration of one day and two nights. It includes confirmed train journey in sleeper class (Chennai Superfast, no 2696/95), travel in air-conditioned vehicles, accommodation with vegetarian food, ‘Seeghra Darshan’ at Tirupati and Tiruchanur temples, along with visits to Kalahasthy Temple and Golden Temple (Sreepuram), Vellore. The cost of the package tour is Rs 3,999 per person.
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The sales of “Quick Darshan” tickets have raised Rs. 117.22 crore
Tirupati: The sales of “Quick Darshan” tickets have raised Rs. 117.22 crore for the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala in just one year, a top temple official has said.
During the last 12 months, about 39 lakh devotees have purchased the tickets, costing Rs. 300, for speedy access to darshan, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam’s Executive Officer I Y R Krishna Rao told reporters Tirupati.
The tickets were introduced last year on October 21 to provide speedy access for darshan and curb the menace of middlemen.
Meanwhile, he said that the TTD has changed the name Quick Darshan to “Special Entrance Darshan”.
Intelligence Bureau to set up an office in Tirupat
TIRUPATI: With terror threat perception to the Tirumala hill shrine increasing, the Intelligence Bureau has decided to set up an office in Tirupati to keep a 24-hour vigil on the famed shrine of Lord Venkateswara.
IB director Rajiv Mathur, who visited the hill temple a couple of days ago, held elaborate discussions with IG, Rayalaseema, Santosh Mehra, DIG, Anantapur range, Charu Sinha, Chittoor SP P V S Ramakrishna and top TTD vigilance officials on the need to install advanced security apparatus atop Tirumala to thwart terror attacks, sources said.
Read more: IB to set up office in Tirupati – The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/IB-to-set-up-office-in-Tirupati/articleshow/6654446.cms#ixzz11P30YUG
Bullet found in Tirumala Hundi!
Tirupati, Oct. 3: There was commotion at the Tirumala temple when staff of Parakamani (the department which looks after the counting of hundi collections) found a bullet rolling down the celestial vessel while emptying the contents on Sunday evening.
The temple staff maintained that the bullet was collected and handed over to the vigilance officials. Though the presence of bullets in the Srivari hundi used to be a regular feature a few years ago, the present case has come as a surprise amidst tall claims by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) officials that the temple was well-guarded and the security was foolproof.
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